Anchor Institutions Task Force (AITF)

Agenda

 9:00 am Registration and Refreshments

10:00 am Welcome from the Netter Center and AITF

Ira Harkavy, Founding Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships; Founding Chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force

David Maurrasse, Director, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Founder & President, Marga, Inc.

10:10 am Rationale for the meeting

David Maurrasse, Director, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Founder & President, Marga, Inc.

Nancy Cantor, Co-chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark

David Perlstein, Co-chair, Anchor Institutions Task Force; CEO, SBH Health System

10:15 am Panel 1 - Equitable Growth: Central Corridor Anchor Partnership (Minn) and       Tacoma Anchor Network

Presenters:

Central Corridor Anchor Partnership

Paul Pribbenow, President, Augsburg University

Tacoma Anchor Network

Alicia Lawver, Director of Strategic Planning, Tacoma Public Schools

Danny Fisher-Bruns, Facilitator, Tacoma Anchor Network

Hunter George, Policy and Government Relations Officer, Tacoma Metro Parks

11:20 am Break

11:40 am Panel 2 - Racial Equity: Newark Anchor Collaborative and Near West Side Anchor Partnership (Milwaukee)

Presenters:

Newark Anchor Collaborative

Diana Candalejo, Assistant Vice President of Economic Inclusion, Social Impact, and Community Investment, RWJBarnabas Health

Linda Harrison, Director & CEO, Newark Museum of Art

Shané Harris, Vice President of Inclusive Solution, Head of Social Responsibility & Partnerships, Prudential Financial; President, Prudential Foundation Inclusive Solutions

 Near West Side Partners

Keith Stanley, Executive Director

Kelsey Otero, President; Associate Vice President of Public Affairs, Marquette University

Patrick Kennelly, Director, Marquette University Center for Peacemaking

Rana Altenburg, Director of Innovation, Marquette University 707 Hub

12:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm Panel 3 - New Directions – Philadelphia, Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (Hartford), AITF Research on Anchor Partnerships

Presenters:

Philadelphia Anchor Collaborative

Tony Sorrentino, Assistant Vice President, Office of the Executive Vice President at University of Pennsylvania

Peter Grollman, Senior Vice President, External Affairs at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Joanne Ferroni, Director, University and Community Partnerships at Drexel University

Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance

Melvyn Colón, Executive Director

Logan Singerman, Director of Community Partnerships & Policy Analyst

2:50 pm Closing

David Maurrasse, Director, Anchor Institutions Task Force; Founder & President, Marga, Inc.

3:00 pm Adjourn